Domaine Pierre Damoy, Gevrey-Chambertin

Background

This domaine dates back to the 1930’s when a grocery store owner called Julien Damoy purchased the prestigious Clos Tamisot vineyard in Gevrey-Chambertin.

His grandson Pierre took over in 1941, and ran the domaine until his son Jacques took over in 1971. In 1992 the domaine passed to Jacques’ nephew Pierre, who is still in charge of proceedings today. Being the largest owner of the prestigious Grand Cru Vineyard Clos de Beze (5.5 hectares), Pierre is in the very fortunate position of being able to sell off any juice he is not totally happy with.

Size: 11 hectares ( including 2.22 of Chapelle-Chambertin, and 5.5 of Clos de Bèze)

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Viticultural and vinification methods

Pierre avoids using weedkillers and fertilizers, and chooses to carry out debudding and a green harvest, if he considers the yields to be too high. Harvest is always by hand and after rigorous sorting, the grapes are all destemmed.

Pierre’s approach to winemaking is modern, but he is very careful to avoid over-extraction. His wines are rich and ripe, and although he uses high percentages of new oak, the wines still show the distinctive characteristics of their individual vineyard and terroir. The percentage of new oak used is generally 20%, with 80% for the Tamisot and Chambertin. The white wines spend 12 months in barrel, and the reds, 14-18 months. All wines are bottled, without any fining or filtering. 

Wines

Bourgogne Pinot Noir

Gevrey-Chambertin

Gevrey-Chambertin ‘Clos Tamisot’.

Chapelle-Chambertin Grand Cru.

Chambertin Clos de Bèze Grand Cru.

Chambertin Grand Cru.